Improvement in coin-assorting and computing apparatus



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improvement in Coin lssorfing and Computing Apparatus.

No. 123,607, Paemd'feb.1s,1872. I

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EDWIN BALTZLEY.

Improvement in Coin Assorting and 'Computing Apparatus.

No.123,607. Patented Feb.13,1a72.

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Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,607, dated February 13, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN BALTZLEY, of New Philadelphia, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in CoinGraduation for Counting and Delivering Goin; and I do hereby declare th at the followin g is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of atransverse section through line :v rv. Fig. 2 is a front view, showing graduated scale. Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a detail view.

This invention has relation to an apparatus for facilitating the counting of coin; and the novelty consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts and devices whereby the quantity of coin in a vertical chamber may beindicated by means of a graduated scale, and wherebyr the coin may be delivered by its own weight from said chamber in quantities calculated by bulk, and without the necessity of handling and counting according to the tedious process in general use.

Referrin g to the accompanyin g drawing illustrating this invention, A represents an upright rectangular frame, having a chamber in front to hold a long box, B, which slides in and out' of said chamber and reaches from top to bottom of the frame A.l The interior B ofthe box B is of a cylindrical form, and of a diameter equal to that of the coin which it is designed to contain. An opening or slot, b, is 4made in the front of the box from top to bottom to ex-` pose to view the coin contained therein. Onl

one side of this slot is marked a graduated scale, b1, having equal divisions indicated and numbered with reference to the thickness of the coin, so that the standard value of any quantity contained within the box B will be denoted by the graduation with which the top of the column coincides. The bottom of the box has a sill, b2, upon the edges of which thel coin rests, and which is grooved on each side, the groove extending entirely out to the front of the box to allow a single piece at a time to be withdrawn. The slot b may be either left open or covered by a plate of glass, which may have the graduations marked on it. An opening, b3, is made in the lower part of the box B from front to back, designed to receive a sliding block, Cconst'ructed with a cylindrical aperture, 01, corresponding to the interior of the box B. The height of this block is regulated with reference to the thickness of the'coin, so that when full it shall indicate a certain value, or standard of measurement in counting, or a certain number of the coin. D designates a horizontal frame having side bars d, which are fitted to and slide through openingsin the frame A. This frame D has a tongue, d', projecting from its rear part into an opening in the back of the frame A 'directly behind the position of the block G., This tongue, like the block C, has a cylindrical aperture, C2, formed in it to coincide in diameter with the diameter of the coin. Between the forward end of this tongue and the forward end of the ame D an open ing is left which the block Grits. When the frame D is moved in and out the block C moves with it. In the -back part of the frame A an opening, E, ismade, extending from the bottom of the frame to the aperture through which the tongue cl passes.

The operation of the frame D is as follows: The chamber B. beingtill ed or partly lled with coin of proper denominations, the block C or the tongue el is iilled. It" the block be filled ,the opening in the tongue is located directly above the opening E. The frame D is then drawn out, bringing the aperture in the tongue into the place just occupied by the block C, and allowing the contents of the latter to fall into a suitable receptacle. The tongue, being now iilled with a like amount of coin, has its aperture again brought over the opening E by sliding back the frame D, and the contents let fall through said opening, and so on,everymo tion, either forward or backward, filling one and emptying the other of the chambers or openinOs in the block and tongue.

Instead of a double slide, which the frame D,

'with the tongue E and block C constitutes, a

slide with a single coin-chamber only may be used. The slide, as described, may, with slight modification, be adapted to various cases or frames designed to hold different denominations of coin. The object in making the block C removable Ts to allow the block B to be inserted into its place in the frame. The box B- is made removable so that it may be taken from the frame and deposited in the vault of a bank Without disturbingits contents. Although rectangular in form, it will not occupy much more space than the column of coin alone.

The utility of the apparatus herein described is obvious as a means of counting coin for transfer, or to obtain daily balance.

Any number of cases or boxes may be employed, constructed to hold the various denominations of coin.

An apparatus of a simpler character may be employed in banks and other establishments Where constant recourse is being had to the supply of coin in giving out change. lt consists of a frame having a number of cylindrical chambers arranged in a row, each chamber being designed to contain coin of a certain denomination having a determined size, and each chamber having an opening in front with a scale on one side or on a glass plate. The bottom of each chamber has a ledge upon which the coin rests, and on the sides of which a groove is made of sufficient capacity to permit of a single piece being passed through it at a time. The coin is taken out by the iin ger placed underneath it gently in the beveled recess z formed in the lower part of each chamber below the groove.

The chamber B may be formed with a funnel-shaped mouth to admit of a more ready llin g.

The edges of the openings in the tongue d', block C, and box B are beveled for about onehalf the thickness of a coin, in order to avoid any jarring or catching' of the slide in case the coin may be worn a little, so that their edges do not come exactly even With the edges of said openings.

It is obvious that the box B and caseA may be made in one piece, if so desired.

I claim as my inventionl. In a coin-counting machine, the combination, with an upright tubular case or box, of a perforated reciprocating slide, Whose thickness is regulated according to the thickness of coin, and having perforations C1 and O2, substantially as specified.

2. In acoin-counting machine, the combination, with the case A and reciprocating slide, ofthe movable tube B and perforated block C, substantially as specified.

3. In a coin-counting machine, the combination, with an upright tubular case or box, of a reciprocating slide having two perforations arranged to alternately coincide with the bore of the box, substantially as specified.

4. In a coin-counting machine, the combina-4 tion, With an upright tube, of a slide having two openings, as specied, to coincide intermittently with the bore of the tube, and one of them With the opening E, as specified.

5. The tubular coin-holder, having its front or slotted Wall separated from its recessed base by grooves, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWIN BALTZLEY. Witnesses:

EDWARD BALTZLY, REBECCA B. ADAMS. 

